Deer Resistant Plants

Jun 10th, 2008 | By barbra | Category: Smart Ideas

To find out what is deer proof in your neighbourhood, look at your neighbours’ landscapes. Are there any particular plants that the deer tend to leave alone? Another important issue is where do the deer travel? Look around for deer pathways, and try to avoid planting any “borderline” plants directly on their route. Deer are creatures of habit, thus they tend to travel the same pathways.

The following plants are typically deer proof; however, there are no absolutes when it comes to deer.

Deer Resistant Plant Varieties - Latin plant names are in italics

Deer Resistant Trees Deer Resistant Shrubs Deer Resistant Vines
Balsam Fir

Birch Betula

Ash Fraxinus

Juniper Juniperus

Ironwood Ostrya virginiana

Spruce Picea

Pines

Canada Hemlock
Tsuga Canadensis

Barberry Berberis

New Jersey Tea

California Lilac Ceanothus americanus

Forsythia

Witch Hazel Hamamelis

Elderberry Sambucus

Viburnum

 American Bittersweet

Virginia Creeper

Trumpet Vine
Grasses & Ferns Perennials More Perennials
Most grasses & fernsHerbs
Most fragrant herbs such as chives, oregano & rosemary

Groundcovers

Buglewood Ajuga

Wild Ginger Asarum

Snow in summer
Cerastium tomentosum

Lilly of the Valley
Convallaria majalis

Barrenwort Epimedium

Dead or spotted nettle
Lamium maculatum

Japanese spurge
Pachysandra terminalis

Periwinkle Vinca minor

Barren Strawberry
Waldstenia fragarioides

 Yarrow Achilea Monkshood Aconitum

Flowering Onion Allium

Columbine Aquilegia

Butterfly Weed
Asclepias tuberosa

Bleeding Heart

Black snakeroot
Cimicifuga racemosa

Coral Bells

Tickseed Coreopsis

Foxglove
Digitalis purpurea

Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea

Globe Thistle Echinops

Snowdrop Galanthus

 Cranesbill GeraniumIris

Joe Pye Weed

Lavender

Spike Gayfeather
Liatris spicata

Bee Balm Monarda

Catmint Nepeta

Russian Sage
Perovskia atriplicifolia

Lungwort Pulmonaria

Buttercup Ranunculus

Soapwort
Saponaria ocymoides

Goldenrod Solidago

Thyme

Speedwell Veronica

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